Popular Music Studies in Italy: a petitionThe marginalisation of Popular Music Studies is no fun, nor is the way it’s still ridiculed in some circles. I’m used to that. But when our whole area of studies is under attack, things have gone too far.There has for some time been what I can best describe as a campaign to rid Italian universities of popular music studies. I think IASPM members have an interest in putting an end to such destruction. You can read the English or Italian version of a petition to save our subject in Italy by visitingwww.tagg.org/html/Petition1405.html<http://www.tagg.org/html/Petition1405.html>. The petition has already been signed by about 100 individuals from all around the world. The signatories don’t just come from a popular music studies background but from a wide range of disciplines and professions in which popular music is an important element. The petition was sent today to the Italian Ministry of Education and Research, as well as to the Italian media.